Day 8 photos

From the Dead Sea to Jerusalem was dramatic, just as was the transition from the Galilee to the Dead Sea. It was hard to see the separation wall for the first time, so a lot of my photos focus on this today.

Ein Gedi wildlife

Ein Gedi wildlife

 The wall

 A settlement

 Bethlehem

 Church of the Shepherds, Bethlehem  (audio to follow!)

 Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

  Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

  Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

  The traditional site of Jesus' birth, Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

  Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

 Jerome's study,  Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

 Lunch at 'Two Mustaches'

 Beer commercial

 Gabriel, the owner of our tour company

 What did he say?

 Gabriel presented each of the priests with stoles, and everyone with a cross

 The wall

 Waiting to cross from Bethlehem to Jerusalem at the checkpoint

 The wall

 The wall

 Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem